Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Savior of the world was born. Rise to adore the mystery of love Which hosts of angels chanted from above, With them the joyful tidings first begun Of God incarnate and the virgin’s Son. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told, Who heard th’angelic herald’s voice, [...]
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John Byrom – death, Sep. 26, 1763
Posted in died today, holy living, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 9/26/1763, awake, “Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn”, “My Spirit Longs for Thee”, born 2/29/1691, Byrom invented a system of shorthand, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), Cheetham’s Hospital, Christians, Christians awake salute the happy morn, died this date, England, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of Trinity College, hymns for the chaps, inherited the family estates, John Byrom, linen draper. Byrom attended King’s School, made a living teaching shorthand, Manchester, Manchester, Old Shambles, salute the happy morn on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
William W. How – death, Aug. 10, 1897
Posted in died today, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged born December 13 1823, County Mayo, England, For all the saints, For all the saints who from their labors rest, Ireland, Martyrs who with rapture kindled eye, Shropshire, William How, William W How on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For all the saints, who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia, Alleluia! [...]
William Cowper – death, Apr. 25, 1800
Posted in died today, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 4/25/1800, anti-slavery work, “Amazing Grace”, “God Moves in a Mysterious Way”, “The Negro’s Complaint”, “The Task”, “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood”, back-fence neighbors, Cowper, Cowper (pronounced “koo’ pur”), Cowper was born 11//15/1731, credited with over sixty hymns/gospel songs, died this date, East Dereham, England, England, Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, John Newton, long-standing depression, Norfolk, spiritual literary legacy, today in history, William Cowper on April 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
O for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul refreshing view Of Jesus and His Word? What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How [...]
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams – birth, Feb. 22, 1805
Posted in born today, lady writer, poet British, today in history, tagged 2/22/1805, “Nearer My God to Thee”, born this date, died 8/14/1848, England, Essex, Harlow, Middlesex, Mrs. William Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, today in history on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in [...]
John Byrom – gave this, Dec. 25, 1845
Posted in christmas poems, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 2/29/1691, “Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn” born, England, John Byrom, Manchester, Old Shambles on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Savior of the world was born. Rise to adore the mystery of love Which hosts of angels chanted from above, With them the joyful tidings first begun Of God incarnate and the virgin’s Son. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told, Who heard th’angelic herald’s voice, [...]
Henry Ernest Nichol – birth, Dec. 10, 1862
Posted in born today, poet British, today in history, tagged anagram, “We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations”, BM 1888, Colin Sterne, engineer, England, Henry Ernest Nichol, Nichol died 8/30/1926, Oxford University, Skirlaugh, Sunday School anniversary, today in history, Yorkshire on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve a story to tell to the nations, That shall turn their hearts to the right, A story of truth and mercy, A story of peace and light, A story of peace and light. Refrain For the darkness shall turn to dawning, And the dawning to noonday bright; And Christ’s great kingdom shall come on [...]
Isaac Watts – Thanksgiving Poems
Posted in Creator or Creation, died today, poet British, THANKSGIVING, tagged 11/25/1748, born 7/17/1674, died this date, England, evangelical and holiness circles, Good is the Lord, Is this the kind return, Isaac Watts, Southampton, Stoke Newington, sung by congregations who have not abandoned hymnal, takes 6 letters to spell his full name – third letter is repeated in each, Thanksgiving poetry, the heav’nly King, today in history, Watts never married, What shall I render to my God on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good is the Lord, the heav’nly King, Who makes the earth His care; Visits the pastures every spring, And bids the grass appear. The clouds, like rivers, raised on high Pour out at Thy command Their watery blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. The softened ridges of the field Permit the corn [...]
